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soo... i have no kept up with what's gone on in russia/ukraine. Are those drone videos what i think they are – drones sneaking up on humans and, presumably, cea

soo... i have no kept up with what's gone on in russia/ukraine. Are those drone videos what i think they are – drones sneaking up on humans and, presumably, ceasing them of life? edit: Ok, I googled the guy > I have read the works of authors such as Jean Baudrillard, Desmod Morris, and Ted Kaczynski who believe that technology is harming us and the world. https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/User:Alisherkhojayev

mikkupikku 7mo ago
Yes. Both sides are using explosive FPV drones, flown directly into soldiers (as well as other forms of drone warfare.)
- laborcontract 7mo ago
  thank you. that was unnerving to watch.
  - ceejayoz 7mo ago
    Yeah, this genie is well and truly out of the bottle.
sorenjan 7mo ago
Both Russia and Ukraine build millions of drones per year, most of them fpv drones that are basically remote controlled flying grenades. There's plenty of electronic warfare with radio jamming, so in some places they use drone mounted spools of fiber optic cable to control them. It's probably been the most impactful weapon type in the war for the past years.
pjc50 7mo ago
> have no kept up with what's gone on in russia/ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrain... "between 400,000 and 1.5 million estimated casualties (killed and wounded) during the Russian invasion of Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to November 2025" Mostly due to artillery. Both sides are firing in the region of 10,000 155mm shells per day. For years.
- m4rtink 7mo ago
  I think this is likely quite outdated by now - a lot of artillery is definitely still is use now, but there is also a very large gray zone dozens of kilometers around the front line where remote controlled UAVs (usually single use FPVs and reusable bomber drones) will quickly identify and strike anything that moves. Due to that I have seen many people monitoring the war to estimate that drones are now causing more casualties than artillery - both due to being much more precise & by forcing artillery to move further back & fire less from the gray zone to avoid itself being destroyed by drones. In any case things are moving pretty quickly & the current state is very different than just a year or two ago.
FuckButtons 7mo ago
A reasonable estimate for the Russo Ukrainian war is that there have been half a million casualties due to drones. I would not recommend looking for the videos, many tens of thousands of those have live footage of them occurring.

mikkupikku 7mo ago

Yes. Both sides are using explosive FPV drones, flown directly into soldiers (as well as other forms of drone warfare.)

laborcontract 7mo ago
thank you. that was unnerving to watch.
- ceejayoz 7mo ago
  Yeah, this genie is well and truly out of the bottle.

sorenjan 7mo ago

Both Russia and Ukraine build millions of drones per year, most of them fpv drones that are basically remote controlled flying grenades. There's plenty of electronic warfare with radio jamming, so in some places they use drone mounted spools of fiber optic cable to control them. It's probably been the most impactful weapon type in the war for the past years.

pjc50 7mo ago

> have no kept up with what's gone on in russia/ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrain... "between 400,000 and 1.5 million estimated casualties (killed and wounded) during the Russian invasion of Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to November 2025" Mostly due to artillery. Both sides are firing in the region of 10,000 155mm shells per day. For years.

m4rtink 7mo ago
I think this is likely quite outdated by now - a lot of artillery is definitely still is use now, but there is also a very large gray zone dozens of kilometers around the front line where remote controlled UAVs (usually single use FPVs and reusable bomber drones) will quickly identify and strike anything that moves. Due to that I have seen many people monitoring the war to estimate that drones are now causing more casualties than artillery - both due to being much more precise & by forcing artillery to move further back & fire less from the gray zone to avoid itself being destroyed by drones. In any case things are moving pretty quickly & the current state is very different than just a year or two ago.

FuckButtons 7mo ago

A reasonable estimate for the Russo Ukrainian war is that there have been half a million casualties due to drones. I would not recommend looking for the videos, many tens of thousands of those have live footage of them occurring.